Pakistani envoy summoned: Kabul renews concerns over missing ex-governor
Fazalullah Wahidi was abducted on Friday from a busy marketplace in Islamabad
This picture released by Afghan Foreign Ministry shows Pakistan Ambassador in Kabul Abrar Hussain (L) meeting with Afghan deputy foreign minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai (R) in Kabul on February 14, 2016.
ISLAMABAD:
Afghanistan summoned on Sunday Pakistan’s ambassador in Kabul and expressed serious concerns at the kidnapping of former governor of Herat province in Islamabad.
Unidentified men kidnapped Sayed Fazalullah Wahidi on Friday from a busy marketplace when he was with his grandson in Islamabad, the Afghan Embassy said in a police report.
“Afghanistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai called Pakistan's Ambassador Syed Abrar Hussain to the foreign ministry and shared his deep concerns at the kidnapping of Sayed Fazalullah Wahidi,” an Afghan foreign ministry’s statement said. Strongly condemning the incident, the minister said since the incident occurred in the Pakistani capital “the government of Afghanistan expects Pakistan to fulfil its responsibility and use all resources to take immediate steps for the recovery of Wahidi and investigate which group was involved in his abduction.”
Diplomatic sources said Islamabad police have been unable to trace the whereabouts of the former governor.
Afghan foreign ministry spokesman Shakib Ahmad Mustaghni said on Friday that Pakistani authorities have assured the Afghan government will investigate the abduction and share details with Kabul. Afghan Ambassador Dr Zakhilwal had said that he is in contact with Pakistani authorities on the incident.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 15th, 2016.
Afghanistan summoned on Sunday Pakistan’s ambassador in Kabul and expressed serious concerns at the kidnapping of former governor of Herat province in Islamabad.
Unidentified men kidnapped Sayed Fazalullah Wahidi on Friday from a busy marketplace when he was with his grandson in Islamabad, the Afghan Embassy said in a police report.
“Afghanistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai called Pakistan's Ambassador Syed Abrar Hussain to the foreign ministry and shared his deep concerns at the kidnapping of Sayed Fazalullah Wahidi,” an Afghan foreign ministry’s statement said. Strongly condemning the incident, the minister said since the incident occurred in the Pakistani capital “the government of Afghanistan expects Pakistan to fulfil its responsibility and use all resources to take immediate steps for the recovery of Wahidi and investigate which group was involved in his abduction.”
Diplomatic sources said Islamabad police have been unable to trace the whereabouts of the former governor.
Afghan foreign ministry spokesman Shakib Ahmad Mustaghni said on Friday that Pakistani authorities have assured the Afghan government will investigate the abduction and share details with Kabul. Afghan Ambassador Dr Zakhilwal had said that he is in contact with Pakistani authorities on the incident.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 15th, 2016.